Tomato Balsamic Mint Salad {Whole30, Paleo, Vegan}

Tomato Balsamic Mint Salad with shallots is the perfect way to enjoy garden tomatoes!

Tomato Balsamic Mint Salad

When I think about eating in the summertime, it tends to be simpler, cleaner, and easier. I also try and incorporate Whole30 compliant dishes a few times a week as well. This is when so many “non-recipes” happen for me. I gather a small basket of heirloom tomatoes, cherry, pear, or whatever is ripe and ready to be picked. A handful of arugula, some herbs, and the odd zucchinior fig, might find their way into the evening’s meal. These are the times that I can pretend that my modest garden supplies my family with all the produce we need. It doesn’t. But I think gardening is more about connecting with the earth, and our ancestors, who surely did gather what they needed to sustain them.

Tomato Balsamic Mint Salad is the barest of recipes, a handful of fresh mint, one perfect shallot dug up from the garden, and all the ripe tomatoes that were available that morning. Had I had a zucchini or cucumber, it most surely would have ended up in this recipe as well. Next time I make it, it most certainly will change depending on what’s available in the garden at just that moment.

Tomato Balsamic Mint Salad

Add just a drizzle of balsamic vinegar, which has a natural sweetness and brings out the best in the tomatoes. A little bit of olive oil, is all the “dressing” this salad needs. Simply perfect!

If you’re looking for a new way to enjoy your garden tomatoes, give this Tomato Balsamic Mint Salad with shallots a try!

This simple tomato salad is a great way to use heirloom tomatoes. The tomatoes are lightly dressed with a balsamic mint dressing that brings out the sweetness of the tomatoes. Whole30 compliant, Paleo and Gluten free.

If you omit the mint, and substitute red wine vinegar for balsamic, this is my favorite way to make any salad, whether simply tomatoes or tons of veg from the garden, or even just lettuce. I wish more people would leave the bottles of dressing on the store shelves, which are full of nonsensical and chemical-laden ingredients and use oil, vinegar and salt, instead. What’s crazy is that it’s so much cheaper, healthier, more nutritious AND tastes better!